The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1887-05-05

Hall by the Middleburgh Literary u
Society last Saturday evening was e'
quite we'll attended and the per u
formances were we'll up to the stand y
ard Of amatures. O
The Sunbury American office, :
Newspaper, Job Office, (steam power) >,
including machinery, type, material ii
and building. established In 1910, !,
will be sold either whole or the half
interest, on reasonable terms.
The members OF the Snyder County q
Republican Standing Committee met ;,
in the Court House on Tuesday and =
elected J. ID. Bogar Chairman, and :,
A. :. Pauling, Secretary, after which
they adjourned to meet again ut the =
call OF the chairman.
We call the attention to +. l.. Buf d
| fincton's new undertaken advertise $
ment in this.issue. Mr.. B. after con t
siderable expense has provided him>
self with all the latest aud most ilu-
proved material for the work and
merits encouragement for his enter"
prise.
The bill to provide for the collec-
tion OF debts incurred for groceries,
food and other necessaries OF life
from the labor ofthc person contract
ing the same, was defeated in the
senate recently. Th wns the bill that
permitted wages to be attached for
such debts.
Samuel IIassiuger caught l3!
inch trout ia Middlecreek one day
1 last week and Newton Baolmau a2t
pound eel. 1t is the opinion OF our
fisherman that there are more fish Of
all vnrtes in Niddlecreek this year
than there have been Tor ten years
all the result of Hoover's Dam being
torn out for few months last spring.
Daniel Stahl, Sr., off Union town
ship, has pet goose, aged years,
and answers to the name "Mortie."
Like dog it...follows its owner all
: over the farm and saw mill. 1t fre-
quently sits with him on the log. as it
passes through the saw. Ii strange
person lays hold of.Mr. Stahl it vii
hiss and flop. Courier.
Boyd, Stickney & Co., tho coal
shippers ut Lewistown Junction,
haye stopped all shipments of coal
west, as the ratcs have been incrcns-
ed on their shipments 60 cents per
ton by the railroad company since the
new law went into effect. They were
the largest coal shippers to the west,
their only competitors being. Cox
Brothers.
The Middleburgh Cornet Band
passed through this place OH Tuesday
morning early, on their way to the
odd Fellows parade at Milton. The
J. town OF Middleburgh ms well IA
the entire county, has abundant rea-
g sons to feel proud Of this excellent or
ia ganization. 1t is one of the best
Bands in Central Pennsylvania Sc
linsqrore Tribune.
u List OF letters uncalled for in the
Post-ofIicc at 'Middlebur0h. Nav 9TH
Joe Miers. Mr.. Xexes, John Hart
man, WIN. Rebber. L. B. Yancy, Esq,
y Nick Brumbaugh, A. George, Ovide
Woilbrennsr, Miss ASgio Woodrug,
s. Miss Clara X. Watt, Miss Ann n.
c Orri,, Miss Anna Mary Baltosscr,
@ Rebskah Cline.
|. GRIER BARBER, p. M.
Rev. ]. G.. Mumma and family are
e moving to Adamsburg, Snyder coun
} ty, this week. Rev. Mumma has
faithfully served the Liverpool Luth-
b. sran charge 81 years during which
> time it prospered, having increased
D.. 81 in membership. We regret his do
parturc, aud hope no will like his new
home and prosper in his new field of
labor.-Lirerpool Sm
4 Pennsylvania is nearer granting
/ women the right to vote than many
had thought Of. The State Senate
r has already passed the bill by n good
- majority, and on Wednesday ove-
ming the House passed it on second
l. reading by vote of 70 to 72. 1t is
, claimed that on final passage there
will be 105 Alternatives. Let the bill
pass, and give omen who want it,
n tho right to say who shall govern
u them.
v We received letter from Represen-
n tative Helfrich OH Wednesday morn
ing stating that the Act revoilng the
bounty on hawks, owls, etc, had not
=, = vet passed both Houses (as we had
thonght it had) but was likely to go
=, through to day. The Justices OF the
Peace are therefore safe in granting
|, bounties as before. We will notify
= them through the Posi- when the
bill passes finally.
y A case has just been tried before
arbitrators In Delaware county, Penn
Q sylvania, involving the right to main
tain barbed-wire fences. A horse
y ran into such fence along public
10 road, injuring himself fatally. The